I'm curious what you mean by 'weak'. DES is DES. If it encrypts and decrypts correctly, it is as cryptographically 'strong' as any other DES implementation. I've worked with Phil Karn's code, and it is correct.
Single DES in general is now deprecated, because of the short key length. Peter Trei > ---------- > From: Dennis Knorr[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 5:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: KarnDES implementation is weak ? > > hi, > some time ago, i heard/red that Karn's implementation of DES is weak in > any point. > (i dont remember which one) > > Now, can you acknowledge this "fact" ? > document links would be fine, too. > > Thanks
